What contribution does FDI make towards infrastructure investing?
Infrastructure investment has historically been one of the best ways for governments the world over to drive employment and, ultimately,…
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Viola Caon
Viola Caon is a senior editor at Investment Monitor, focusing on infrastructure, logistics and the Americas market. She joined from Euromoney’s IJGlobal, where she covered private investment in energy and infrastructure for the past four years after covering the asset management sector more broadly. Viola has extensive knowledge of the institutional investment world and has focused on fund investments both in infrastructure and across other asset classes at a global level since the beginning of her career in 2012.
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Invest Jamaica 2022: “Jamaica is open for business”
The message emerging from the Invest Jamaica 2022 business conference could not have been clearer – Jamaica is open for…
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What does the future hold for San Antonio’s fast-growing economy?
San Antonio is the largest majority-Hispanic city in the US (some 64% of the population). It is also one of…
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Why does Italy struggle to attract FDI?
In 2021, Italy attracted 301 greenfield foreign direct investment (FDI) projects, nearly double the number it attracted in 2020. In…
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The US is headed for a recession – what does this mean?
“There is going to be a recession next year,” Steven Blitz, managing director, global macro, chief US economist at TS…
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“We are the Rust Belt no more”: How investment powered Columbus’s decade-long transformation
Ohio’s capital city, Columbus, was founded in 1812 on the banks of the Scioto River. While the river would frequently…
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How has Brexit impacted import and consumer costs in the UK?
The UK is not the only country in Europe – or in the Western world – to be affected by…
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Will Meloni’s election victory usher in an anti-FDI era for Italy?
Giorgia Meloni of the far-right party Brothers of Italy has been elected as the country’s next prime minister and will…
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How do rising energy prices impact FDI and site selection?
Rising energy prices have been a concern on a global level for more than a year now, for both businesses…
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Can Russia pivot its energy market away from Europe and towards Asia?
A couple of months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin gave a press conference on the status of…